An exhibition displaying more than 100 pieces of New Year paintings from China and Vietnam opened at East China Normal ...

Archaeological evidence shows that the 12 astronomical signs at one point entered China, a journey that would eventually ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Contrary to popular belief, paleographers are not just trying to figure out the meaning of individual as-yet-undeciphered characters. "In our daily work, we are not looking at just a single word.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a highly gendered Stone Age society in China about 3,800 to 4,300 years ago, with male and female sacrificial victims chosen for separate purposes. Researchers ...

Researchers digitally mapped ancient Chinese tombs and discovered that their distribution mirrors shifts in political stability, population movements, and natural geography. Peaceful, prosperous eras ...

LUOYANG, China, Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the heart of China's Central Plains lies the Erlitou site, widely believed to be the capital of the Xia Dynasty — the first dynasty in Chinese history.

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and social patterns of Chinese history, according to a study published in PLOS One ...

The earliest documented solar eclipse is recorded in the ancient Chinese text *Shujing*, describing a celestial event where "the Sun and Moon did not meet harmoniously in Fang." Initial scholarly ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

Skull from Hubei Province is about a million years old Researchers conducted digital reconstruction on skull Study has implications for Homo sapiens lineage timeline Sept 25 (Reuters) - In 1990, an ...